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extirpate
Synonyms and Antonyms of extirpate
- the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases
decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, ravage
dismantle, flatten, mow (down), raze, tear down
blast, blow up, dash, dynamite, smash
atomize, consume, devour, dissolve, fragment, powder, pulverize, shatter, splinter
doom, finish, kill, kill off, terminate, zap
cancel, cut, discard, ditch, eject, excise, expel, jettison, oust, throw out
Synonym Discussion of extirpate
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- exterminate cockroaches
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- many species have been extirpated from the area
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- a campaign to eradicate illiteracy
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- the war uprooted thousands
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